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Namaste! It’s the time to charge your gadgets & keep a notepad handy! UxNow is coming back with the Indian outline. Mark this year’s 21st October, and be a part of UxNow Season II – Design for India. Being a traveler of a colourful digital journey, from building products that serve users world-wide to providing unique entrepreneurial solutions suited especially for the Indian context, we have, definitely, come a long way.
So why not flashback, take a day to truly appreciate our progress, laugh & learn on the way and peek into the exciting design journey ahead of us. Invited? Who else if not you? The doors are open for all - students, professionals, freelancers, professors, entrepreneurs and researchers. Share your exciting experiences at IIT CAMPUS from 10AM onwards in a daylong event filled with design challenges, panel discussions, inspiring talks and a gig by the IIT band.
Hope to see you there!
New Theme
UxNow is back this year, and the theme this time round is ‘Design For India’.
Elite Speakers
Listen to great speakers from Startups’s, corporates and academia share their experience on how they design for India.
Networking Opportunity
Connect with like-minded folks from the design fraternity and an opportunity to learn & share.
SPEAKERS & PANELIST
Amazing speakers and panelists, check them out!
Kshitiz Anand
Happy Horizons Trust
Anshuman Bapna
MakeMyTrip
Ivy Mukherjee
Grofers
Sameer Grover
Crownit
PROGRAM
Chai, Talks, Networking, Panel Discussions & more...
Registration Open / Caffeine, Chai & Chatter
60mins
Seminar Hall
About
UXNow would be open for entries of already registered and will also facilitate on-spot registrations (basis availability).
09:30
Anshuman Bapna: Chief Product Officer, MakeMyTrip
UxNow Welcome Note!
A welcome note from Anshuman Bapna, for the second edition of UXNOW. What it means for the design fraternity,entrepreneurs,Startups and young students. And his thoughts around this years theme “Design for India”.
10mins
Seminar Hall
About Anshuman Bapna: Chief Product Officer, MakeMyTrip
Anshuman Bapna is the Chief Product Officer with MakeMyTrip and also the Co Founder of Mygola an award winning travel planning app. An entrepreneur, designer, techie, strategist, All in one!
PROF PRADEEP YAMMIYAVAR
Inaugural Address by IIT Professor
The day starts with this inaugural address by renowned IIT professor who shares his success stories with the audience and how his achievements during his tenure have added products or design solutions to the ‘Design For India’ bucket.
30mins
Seminar Hall
About PROF PRADEEP YAMMIYAVAR
Pradeep Yammiyavar is a Connoisseur in the field of HCI, with over 28 years of experience and multiple roles like Teacher, Researcher,Scientist and Designer of products.
KAVIN MITTAL
Keynote Speaker: Hike – An Internet Highway
Keynote speaker Kavin Mital talks about the journey of Hike Messenger app and his mission to bring India online. To build an entry point, a playground on the internet, the hike journey started making it a one brand, one product & one India.
30mins
Seminar Hall
About KAVIN MITTAL
Founder & CEO of Hike messenger the fastest growing messaging app in India with over 35 Million Users.
Deepa Bachu
Speaker – Awesome by Design
So often we experience products that are engineered well but aren’t designed well. Design for the most part, esp. in India, is an after thought, if that. Few, but very successful entrepreneurs and organisations realise that being customer-first and design-led helps create awesome by design. Experiences that create unexpected delight!
30mins
Seminar Hall
About Deepa Bachu
Former Director, Product Management & Experience Design, Intuit. With over 15 years of experience which started as software engineer and transformed in to Innovator and global strategist.
Caffeine, Chai & Chatter Break
15mins
Seminar Hall Reception
About
Enjoy Chai & Coffee with some chatter and great networking with like-minded designers, entrepreneurs and professionals around.
Kiran Kulkarni
Speaker – Design Research for India
Capturing India in the designs is tricky. With varied heritage and culture, restoring the Indian essence seems near to complexity. In this keynote see how the fundamental of ‘Speak India, Speak Indian’ proves the said complexity, a baseless myth.
30mins
Seminar Hall
About Kiran Kulkarni
As a hands-on designer, he aims to drive product ideation, conceptualization and strategy – helping various functions to define the product vision that would bring in the next level of growth in user engagement and business. He likes to join the magic dots – those seemingly contrasting demands that originate from business requirements, technology constraints and user needs.
Kshitij Anand - Managing Trustee, Happy Horizons Trust
Speaker – Teaching Rural India
Let us not rule out the rural India! In this talk, turn on your grey cells, think through the designs that connect instantly & help in educating the mass.
30mins
Seminar Hall
About Kshitij Anand - Managing Trustee, Happy Horizons Trust
Kshitiz is a passionate designer, educator and public speaker. Currently he heads the India Studio operations as the Director and Head of Operations of India Studio of L'école de design Nantes Atlantique
TBD
Design Challenge Winner Announcement & Walkthrough
This session will be an interaction with a Design talent who won the challenge amidst competition with state of the art entries. Have a look at the best solution that appealed the jury and experts
30mins
Seminar Hall
About TBD
TBD
Lunchtime , Chatter & Networking Break
60mins
Near Open Air Stadium
About
Hungry kya? Enjoy the lip-smacking food with some chatter and great networking with like-minded designers, entrepreneurs and professionals around.
14:00
Jyoti Kumar
Speaker – India Memes
How culture impacts design and it usability.How does it effect user perception about the design solution.And how culture shapes and manifest design.
30mins
Seminar Hall
About Jyoti Kumar
Jyoti Kumar is Associate professor at IIT Delhi. He teaches HCI and product Design in Centre for Instrument Design & Development.
Soumyadeep Barman
Speaker – Discovering great food to eat in India!
India is country where food is celebrated! It’s a festival of its own kind. With the dishes changing their taste every region, this session will be your bon appetite to design in a way that such discoveries are a click away.
30mins
Seminar Hall
About Soumyadeep Barman
A foodie by heart and technology enthusiast by profession, Soumyadeep heads Technology and Customer Experience functions @ Faasos. Soumyadeep believes that good design is something which is invisible and makes a user’s life easier.
15:00
Startup Showcase and Q&A
UXNow, in this season, is introducing this novel concept where a business idea gets a platform to showcase and receives the worthy acknowledgment from the experts, followed by a Q&A. This hour will be mash up of various startups with their ideas showcase that talks about great product UX/Design and core features that solves customer […]
30mins
Seminar Hall
About
Do you have a killer startup idea and want to reach masses from design community? Here is the platform to showcase the product to UxNow audience and get their insights on product.
15:30
Sidharth Taneja
Our own Sid!
Do you want to laugh, Do you want feel inspired and motivated? Listen to “Our Own Sid”
15 mins
Seminar Hall
About Sidharth Taneja
He is a motivator. A person with full of life.
Caffeine, Chai & Chatter Break
15mins
Seminar Hall Reception
About
Enjoy Chai & Coffee with some chatter and great networking with like-minded designers, entrepreneurs and professionals around.
Anshuman Bapna
Panel Discussion – Challenges in Designing for India
Inevitably, everything is rooted with challenges and designing for Indian audience is no exception. Engage in this discussion and hear experts sharing their experiences, opinions & pain points in their journey so far. Get an idea how exciting the ride be if you chose to design for India. Panel Moderator: Anshuman Bapna, Chief Product Officer […]
75mins
Seminar Hall
About Anshuman Bapna
Anshuman Bapna currently engaged with MakeMyTrip (I) Pvt Ltd as Chief Product Office. He is also the CEO and Co Founder of Mygola.
Momento Distribution / Event Closure
Hard work pays off and this hour would be the ‘Moment of appreciation’ to the minds behind the UXNow Season II – Design for India.
15mins
About
Hard work pays off and this hour would be the ‘Moment of appreciation’ to the minds behind the UXNow Season II – Design for India.
UnConference Kickstarts with a bang
30mins
Seminar Hall
About
Music, beats & rhythms never fail to pump up the excitement and its an added charm to attend a live performance
venue
The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is a public research university located in Delhi, India.
Seminar Hall, IIT Campus, New Delhi-110016
Hauz Khas, New Delhi, Delhi 110016
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Alternatives
Have a requirement for hotel stay? MakeMyTrip Hotels offers you variety of stay options.
Shyama International
Hotel Shyama International is a 3 star property, located at 10 kms from Indira Gandhi International Airport, 13.2 kms from New Delhi Railway Station and 9.3 kms from Ghitorni Bus Station.
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Asthan Sarovar Portico
The Ashtan Sarovar Portico is just few minutes drive away from Indira Gandhi International Airport. The presence of Green Park Metro Station makes it easy for travellers to reach different parts of the city.
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Iris Park
Around 4.4 km away from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the 3 star rated IRIS Park Hotel guarantees a comfortable stay at affordable rates. The proximity of AIIMS Metro Station to the hotel makes it easy for guests to reach different corners of the city.
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2014 attendees
14
2014 speakers
25
2014 companies
35
2014 design entries
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students
Rs. 500
- Conference kit
- Coffee breaks
- Lunch
- All Sessions
startups
Rs. 1200
- Conference kit
- Coffee breaks
- Lunch
- All Sessions
corporate
Rs. 1500
- Conference kit
- Coffee breaks
- Lunch
- All Sessions
Group of 3+
Rs. 1000
- Conference kit
- Coffee breaks
- Lunch
- All Sessions
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